From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder@niaid.nih.gov>
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>, Jordan <uptownb0y@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:50:24 -0400
Subject: RE: Shell script loop runs out of memory
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The following are just ideas - totally untested.

You might try changing
    [[ condition ]]
to
    [ condition ]
Perhaps single brackets use memory differently than double brackets.

If that doesn't work, try changing
    #!/bin/sh
(which calls bash) to
    #!/bin/dash
You will have to have retained the double to single bracket change,
because dash does not have double brackets.  Perhaps dash is more
efficient with memory than bash.

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.


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